“Parasite” is one of the buzziest box office blockbusters in recent memory, the first and only non-English language film to win the best picture Oscar and one of the most financially successful Korean films ever, having racked up more than $250 million in worldwide receipts.
It’s also a uniquely complex picture — part thriller, part black comedy and part drama brimming with socioeconomic class tensions.
The gripping, twisty film tells the story of how a poor family infiltrates the life of a rich one. And while the roller-coaster plot hijinks are unexpected, director Bong Joon-ho is cuttingly obvious about his overall thematic focus on economic inequality, leading Variety to describe his work as “a tick fat with the bitter blood of class
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